6.4% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Moranbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Moranbah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Moranbah compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While this gap is significant, the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people in Moranbah speak only English, accounting for 75.3% of the population. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 1.8%.
0.6% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312011341/moranbah/topic/language